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. 2017 Nov 29;18:1261–1265. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.906225

Figure 5.

Figure 5.

Laparoscopic surgical treatment of a Bochdalek hernia (BH). The image is taken following the suture of the Bochdalek hernia (BH) and the para-esophageal hernia (PEH) using a composite mesh to reinforce the repair, fastened to the diaphragm with absorbable tackers and sutures. H – hiatus. The Bochdalek foramen was sutured in an anteroposterior direction; the crura were closed posterior to the esophagus in the same way.